Dec 11, 2008 6:30 pm US/Eastern
Arrests Made In Rowan University Attacks
GLASSBORO, N.J. (CBS3/AP) ―
Authorities in Gloucester County announced the arrests of three suspects in connection to a pair of armed robberies of Rowan University students in November.
Police said the three suspects were arrested in Salem County on Wednesday afternoon. The suspected assailants are not Rowan University students, police said.
The university says three male students were robbed at gunpoint by three men in hooded sweat shirts after being followed through a shortcut onto campus in the early morning hours of November 11. The school says one student got hurt after being punched and kicked after the victims handed over their wallets and other possessions.
About 10 minutes later, a second student was robbed at Campus Crossing Apartments, just off the Glassboro campus. The student, also a male, was taken to a hospital for treatment for head and face injuries.
The attacks come just over a year after another Rowan student was beaten to death during a robbery outside a convenience store just off campus. The crime remains unsolved.
University spokesman Joe Cardona said that since the spring of 2007, the university has undertaken 37 new campus security initiatives.
At the time of the recent attacks, he said, there were 18 police and security officers around campus.
"This can still happen," Cardona said.
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